THAW
It’s reflective of the real world, what’s happening now. We have glaciers melting - audience member, Sydney
High above, suspended by a crane, a figure isolated on three tonnes of melting ice struggles for balance. As sunset approaches what will be left?
Created by Joshua Thomson, with an original score by Alaska’s Matthew Burtner, THAW is a potent metaphor for our time and an inspirational act of endurance, supported by unprecedented achievements in design and engineering.
An urgent call to act on climate together, THAW reaches across languages and circumstances to reflect humanity’s shared contemporary truth:
There’s no time to waste.
#legsonthewall #thaw #notimetowaste
SYDNEY FESTIVAL - SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE - JANUARY 2022
MONA FOMA - CATARACT GORGE, TASMANIA - JANUARY 2022
NELSON ARTS FESTIVAL - WHAKATU, AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND - OCTOBER 2022
GREENWICH+DOCKLANDS INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL - LONDON, UK - AUGUST 2024
ZOMER VAN ANTWERPEN - ANTWERP, BELGIUM - AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2024
Collaborating Performers: Tamara Bouman, Jenni Large, Johnas Liu, Anna McCulla
Creator / Director: Joshua Thomson
Composer: Matthew Burtner (Alaska, Turtle Island/USA)
Producer / Apparatus Designer: David Jackson
Costume: Aleisa Jelbart
Rescue: Byron Cleasby
Stage Manager: Stephanie Cox
Legs Projects Manager: Stephanie Tatzenko
Legs General Manager: James Beach
Legs Admin Assistant: Eva Caley
Originating Performers: Isabel Estrella, Victoria Hunt, Jenni Large, Vicki Van Hout
Agent: Lauren Eisinger Productions
Consulting Dramaturg: Liesel Zink
Artists in Development: Lisa Fa’alafi, Gabrielle Nankivell, Leah Shelton and Deborah Brown
Engineering Partner: Ironbridge Engineering
Development Crane Partner: Active Crane Hire
Originating Producer: Cecily Hardy
Originating Presenters: Sydney Festival and Sydney Opera House
Legs On The Wall proudly received an IMPACT Award for THAW, presented by PAC Australia at the Geelong Arts Centre on 21 August 2024
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.
Proudly funded by the NSW Government.
